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Warning: This column contains blatantly positive thoughts on Ryan Tannehill, continuing my intransigent optimism for his game, my lonely suggestion he can become a top-10 quarterback and an easy explanation why the Dolphins have internally discussed a contract extension for as much as seven years and $105 million. Yes, I know. That number jumps out. One-hundred-and-five-million. At first glance, it might seem – what's the delicate word an e-mailer wrote – "stupid" that such a figure could be linked to a quarterback who hasn't been to the playoffs, much less won something significant. But when you look closer it would be stupid not to consider such an idea....

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